Tap water safety in Taupo (New Zealand 🇳🇿)

👍 In general, the water may be safe to drink in Taupo.

Numbeo

According to the Numbeo water drinkability and accessibility index, tap water has a score of 100 / 100 (100 being best).

Numbeo considers this score to be "Very high"

Scientific reports

We are working on providing you with scientific reports about the water quality in Taupo, if you know a reliable source for that feel free to shoot us a message in the chat below or in the comments!

Advantages of drinking (filtered) tap water

1 adult could save about 803$ per year in Taupo by drinking tap water instead of buying bottled water.

🐳 Drinking tap water would also help with reducing your plastic footprint and improve environmental pollution.

Warning

Even though drinking water might be considered safe, if you plan to travel to Taupo, consider talking to your local contact to verify that. Old pipes could be leaking toxic material or water in that specific country could contain heavy metals or bacteria.

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Like in most countries, water quality and accessibility differs from location to location, therefore it's the best to check the information available on that place.